Aug. 13.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1287

Reserves in the Town of Mangaweka for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 1st August, 1896.

THE under-mentioned reserves in the Town of Mangaweka will be offered for lease by public auction at Mangaweka on Tuesday, the 8th September, 1896, for the term of seven years.

SCHEDULE.
TOWN OF MANGAWEKA.

On Sections 40, 43, and 44 there are improvements to the value of £17, £25, and £30 respectively, and the persons who effected them will be allowed one month from the date of sale in which to remove them.

Terms of Sale.—A deposit of a half-year’s rent and £1 1s. lease-fee must be made on the fall of the hammer. No allowance whatsoever shall be payable on account of improvements effected by the lessees.

JOHN H. BAKER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Pastoral Run, Southland, for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 1st August, 1896.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned pastoral run will be offered for lease by public auction, at this office, on Wednesday, the 23rd September, 1896:—

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.

Pastoral Run No. 207, Hokonui Survey District: Area, 6,047 acres; term, ten years; upset annual rental, 2d. per acre.

G. W. WILLIAMS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Small Grazing-run, Taranaki Land District, open for Lease on Application.

Lands and Survey Office,
New Plymouth, 1st August, 1896.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned small grazing-run will be open for lease on application on and after Wednesday, the 30th September, 1896, at the rental noted below. In case of more than one application for the same run on the same day, priority of selection will be decided by ballot on the following day, at 11 a.m.

SCHEDULE.
SECOND-CLASS PASTORAL COUNTRY.

Weighted with £30, value of improvements, which must be paid with application.

Locality and Description of Run.—This run is situate on the Patea River, about thirteen miles from the Town of Patea. Access can be obtained by the river, and by the Ball Road from Alton, which is formed for dray-traffic to within about a mile of the run. The land comprises rough grazing-country—all forest, with the exception of 20 acres in grass. The soil is of fair quality.

JOHN STRAUCHON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Small Grazing-runs open for Lease on Application.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Napier, 1st August, 1896.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned small grazing-runs will be open for lease on application on and after Wednesday, the 30th September, 1896.

In the case of more than one application for the same run on the same day, priority of selection will be decided by ballot on the following day, at 11 a.m.

• Weighted with £2,000 for improvements.

Run No. 35 is first-class pastoral country, and Runs Nos. 32 and 36 are second-class pastoral country.

Description and Locality of Runs.

Run No. 32 is nearly all covered with mixed bush, mostly tawa, matai, totara, &c. The southern portion is easy, sloping country, and the open parts are covered with fern and tutu. The soil on tops of hills is poor, but on the slopes is good. Access can be gained from the Hangaroa Village and from Tiniroto, a pack-track coming within 20 chains of the run from the former place, and a formed road leading to within a mile of the latter.

Run No. 35 is chiefly open land, with some mixed bush on the northern portion, about 600 acres of which have been cleared of forest and sown in English grass. Access is given by roads both from the Hangaroa and Tiniroto Villages. About 725 acres in the southern portion, near the homestead, is surface-sown in English grass, but has gone back a little, and is partially covered with fern and manuka. However, as the run carries some 1,600 sheep, 30 cattle, and 6 horses throughout the year, during some weeks of which they are kept entirely on the southern portion, it is of value. The run contains a homestead and woolshed, both recently erected, store, stockyards, and sheep-dip, together with some fencing, and, on account of the improvements effected, has been loaded with £2,000 to be paid by the incoming tenant.

Run No. 36 is hilly pastoral country, soil light, overlying a calcareous marl or papa formation. It is well watered, and distant about twenty-three miles from Wairoa, on the sea-coast. It is chiefly covered with fern and scrub, with some patches of mixed bush.

THOS. HUMPHRIES,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Auckland for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 26th May, 1896.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned rural land will be submitted for sale at this office on Friday, the 4th September, 1896, at 11 a.m.:—

Parish of Okura, adjoining Wade Village, Section 30, 1 acre 2 roods 30 perches; upset price, £3 7s. 6d.

Terms of Sale.—One-fifth of the purchase-money to be paid on the fall of the hammer, and the balance, with Crown-grant fee £1, within thirty days thereafter, otherwise the part of the purchase-money paid by way of deposit shall be forfeited, and the contract for the sale of the land be null and void.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Kauri Timber, Auckland Land District, for Sale by Public Auction.

Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 15th July, 1896.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned kauri timber upon Section 94, Parish of Pakiri, and upon the Crown land adjoining, about three miles from Pakiri, will be offered for sale by public auction, at this office, on Friday, the 18th September, 1896, at 11 o’clock a.m.

Lot 1.—209 scorched kauri-trees, upon Section 94, containing about 412,000ft.; upset price, £103.

Lot 2.—40 scorched kauri-trees, upon Crown land adjoining Section 94, containing about 113,000ft.; upset price, £28 5s.

Conditions of Sale.—One-half the purchase-money to be paid by cash or marked cheque on the fall of the hammer, the balance within six months. Timber to be removed within two years from date of sale.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.